Zero stars

by Phelps Gates

         
         
       
         
         
   
       
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A.   "___ Dark": Nabokov novel, later a film (3 wds)

B.   opening line of Four Seasons hit "December, 1963"
(4 wds)

C.   substitute actor

D.   Tony-winning actor (Glengarry Glen Ross; 2 wds)

E.   not reliable

F.   Marlon Brando, in The Godfather

G.   interior scrutiny of a body cavity

H.   went downhill very rapidly

I.   allure, entice

J.   not straight

K.   six-time Oscar-nominated actress (2 wds)

L.   like the movie reviewed in the quote (2 wds)

M.   self-conceit, swelled head

N.   "Don`t let`s ask for the moon. ___" (4 wds)

O.   made (a neighborhood) more upscale

P.   see clue S (2 wds)

Q.   actor born 1949 (Looking For Mr. Goodbar; 2 wds)

R.   unceremonious dismissal (colloq.; hyph.)

S.   followed by P, Lugosi`s last film (3 wds)

T.   asserting authority in a domineering way

U.   tasteless 2004 film

V.   Popeye venue (2 wds)